Tex. Water Code § 51.766 · Subchapter O. ADDING AND EXCLUDING TERRITORY AND CONSOLIDATING DISTRICTS
SUIT TO REVIEW EXCLUSION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who owns an interest in property affected by an exclusion order issued under Section 51.761 may sue to review, set aside, modify, or suspend the order not later than the 20th day after the effective date of the order.
(b) Venue is in any district court that has jurisdiction in the county in which the district is located. If the district includes land in more than one county, venue is in the district court having jurisdiction in the county in which the largest portion of the acreage of the land sought to be excluded from the district is located.
(c) A person may appeal from the judgment or order of a district court in a suit brought under this section to the court of civil appeals and the supreme court as in other civil cases in which the district court has original jurisdiction.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 42, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.51.htm
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- Tex. Water Code § 51.759EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN NONIRRIGATED LAND.Printed as Sections 51.760 through 51.766
- Tex. Water Code § 51.761HEARING, NOTICE, AND ORDER OF EXCLUSION.Printed as Sections 51.759 through 51.766
- Tex. Water Code § 55.755EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN NONIRRIGATED LAND.Printed as Sections 51.759 through 51.766
- Tex. Water Code § 58.731EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN NONIRRIGATED LAND.Printed as Sections 51.759 through 51.766
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